Review by John Earls 05/02/2002 for Channel 4 Text

The sort of quirky pop guaranteed to get the adjectives “angular” and “spiky” bandied about, think XTC waking up in a peculiar mood.

As intriguing as their bandname, the trio demand repeat listenings. Even if further plays don’t cause the songs to suddenly make sense, at least it’s great fun trying to get a handle on it all.

Review by Andy (Quirk) Thomas 14/05/2002 for Drowned in Sound

Describing themselves as 3 individual players of indeterminable age YYHB (as they like to be known) could, from their press release, be assumed to be some sad old men playing in their garage. However, the reality couldn't be more different.

Opening track Going After The Demotivator starts out sounding like Ian Brown but develops into enjoyable quirky guitarpop. The sniping and bitterness in the vocals cannot detract from it being ultimately quite hummable. The four tracks that follow all take the same essence but wrap it to differing moods. Long Deadly Days stands out in particular, careering from rolling torch song to stomping retro rock with effortless ease.

The best new band i've heard for at least a month. 4/5.

Four.One.One Fanzine Review Issue 1

The debut EP from YYHB ( as they like to be known ) is a 5-track collection of happy indie rock tunes with a little dash of Britpop thrown in for good measure. The Tim Burgess-esque creativity in frontman Steve's vocals and the energetic Feeder-meets-Ash-meets-the-Hives guitar and drums demonstrates how much potential this band has.
The EP kicks off with "Going After The Demotivator", a near-psychedelic space-y track that gives listeners a taster of things to come. "Long Deadly Days" starts with a drum intro that is reminiscent of Fonda 500's "Eight Track". The continuous change in tempo makes the track interesting with its punk-rock flavour that leads into the third track, "Big Elbows". Decribed by the band as alco-pop, I can't imagine this on Capital FM's playlist.
The eerie ( and almost scary ) "The Frozen, The Perished may struggle to detach itself as the EP's ballad-type track. If any song could be described with a sort of Jekyll & Hyde character, this would be it as the switch from being a dark angst-y track, to a "ahh, how sweet" ballad-type is very likeable. The upbeat "Coming Back" ends the EP on a high, which begs the question, when's the next release guys ?!

Incisor Fanzine Review Issue 1 July 2002

The surreally-named venture of three men from London who are as secretive about their ages as they are skillful with tunes. And that's very. The brilliance of this EP is that it is very obviously off-kilter indie whilst incorporating pop, lounge, punk, emo, thrash and all manner of other things. The tunes are paramount, the guitars are gloriously edgy , the production faultless .. but above all every single song has a chorus to make Pete Waterman weep tears of bitter envy. Five of the best tracks you'll hear all year, and on one handy CD! The luck, the luck ..

Unpeeled Fanzine, September 2002.

WE SAY YES TO YES YES HARRY BONANZA Various "Rock Will Eat Itself" (Dental)

It's always as well to cultivate an objective attitude when appraising any sort of cultural artefact, or I shouldn't really say I fucking love Yes Yes Harry Bonanza before a note has come out of the rig. The only mitigating circumstances being that surely a band with such a ripping moniker and...someone playing 'deadly bass' cannot fail to rock n rule? Well, let's see. Harry's contribution to this slab is "Going After The Demotivator", presumably with that deadly bass and it's a spaced out, tripped out bit of weirdness that brings a collusion between Southall Riot and The McCoys to mind, plus I think they're banging on about biscuits.